I don't know everyone in my family but it has a long line of really good cooks. My great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother have all won awards for their cooking and they have this massive family cookbook as well. I've won a few things for my cooking but nothing to the same degree. My aunt seemed to have missed out on those genes as she wouldn't touch an oven until she was almost 30. She was afraid of cooking. I was taught to cook when I was 4.

As far as who is the best, it depends what is being cooked and both my mom and grandmother will tell you the same thing. I've never tasted my great-grandmother's cooking so I can't judge that.

My grandmother cannot properly make bread, but my mom makes excellent bread. My grandmother is better at cooking chicken and most pork. Ham they are about equal. She is also better at pies and tarts and other desserts involving crusts. My mom is better at most beef dishes and desserts like cakes and cookies. Pasta and rice they are about the same.